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A Most Happy Birthday to Lama Zopa Rinpoche! Please, Please Live Long!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on December 3. We invite you to join the entire FPMT community as we rejoice in another year of Rinpoche’s compassionate life. Rinpoche tirelessly models the bodhichitta motivation for us, benefiting countless others every ... Read more »
1,000 Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama– Please Rejoice!
In 2019 we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his long life on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. The funds for this ambitious project were raised ... Read more »
Ninth 100 Million Mani Retreat Organized by FPMT Mongolia
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor 100 million mani retreats around the world. During a 100 million mani retreat, participants collectively recite 100 million OM MANI PADME HUM mantras. For a ninth ... Read more »
How Anger and Patience Relate to Each Other
In the following short video recorded during the 2018 retreat at Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche responds to a question about how to practice patience: In order to practice patience, we first must have a ... Read more »
Appearance and Illusion
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is fondly remembered for his ability to communicate the essence of Buddhist teachings in a way that continues to connect with Western students. In 1977, Lama Yeshe offered ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Prayers and Practices to Do for Thanksgiving
The American holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated each year in late November. Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave extensive advice in 2018 on how to help the tens of millions of turkeys being killed for the holiday, and also how to think ... Read more »
New Ksitigarbha Statue in Nepal Village for Protection and Blessings
Recently Lama Zopa Rinpoche sponsored a beautiful standing Ksitigarbha statue for a remote village in Nepal as protection from disaster and the elements, and for the benefit all of beings. Moved by Rinpoche’s generosity in sponsoring this magnificent holy object ... Read more »
It Is Only Due to the Kindness of Your Enemy That You Can Reach Enlightenment
In the following short video from the 2019 Vajaryogini retreat at Institute Vajra Yogini, Lama Zopa Rinpoche guides us through the reasoning why we should be very grateful to those who hate or abuse us: When you understand that the ... Read more »
Please Enjoy the November e-News!
Our November e-News is now available! This issue is packed with news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent teaching events, activities, and new photo album, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s message for FDCW’s Compassion and Wisdom ... Read more »
Sutra and Dharani Resources for Your Dharma Practice
Sutras are records of teachings given by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. The Buddha’s discourses were memorized by his disciples and later written down in various languages, the most complete collections of teachings being in Pali and Sanskrit. Because sutras contain ... Read more »
Meditation on the Clarity of Mind
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is fondly remembered for his ability to communicate the essence of Buddhist teachings in a way that continues to connect with Western students. In 1980, Lama Yeshe offered ... Read more »